Fuck it - I bought a helicopter
 

Y'kmow after you get fired you just want to go to Disneyland... well disneyland kinda sucks so I bought a helicopter instead....

Pics to follow...

:thumbsup

was it a bell or eurocopter? i heard utc has a great s76 ;)

Congrats : )

radio controlled doesnt count

So you got fired?

I have a feeling a pic like this shall follow

http://site.rctoyz.com/comanche-black-1.jpg

i wana go for a ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is it true if the engine konks out you can just gyrate down safely? safer than planes?
don't mean to give you any bad thoughts :D

i hear you captain

http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/...licopterTN.jpg

If the tail rotor stops, you're probably going to die. That's all I needed to know to avoid them. :thumbsup

Whatever you do... don't get one of those minis... combine with a heavy drinking night, and then attempt to launch from your gf's head.

I'm told it ends badly.

Congrats & bump for pics :)

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Pics or it didn't happen.

You were due for a new do...

http://skippy.net/images/roflcopter.gif

ADG

I LOL'd:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

wasn't there a japinesses helicopter sex manuiver clip out there somewhere?

Original:
http://www.pornfail.com/images/pf-35.gif

Version 2.0:
http://www.pornfail.com/images/pf-100.gif

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh good one

this is cool

You can gyrate but you will have to pull up at an exact moment.

lol, wtf!

Make sure you go all the way to page 40 of Google Images to select a picture.

You don't want anyone here to easily find it on the interwebs.

wow, hahahhaha

So when are we going to see the so called helicopter?

Waiting for the pictures!

well done, if you have acatually brought a real helicopter you can sit in and fly :)

Helis are usually too hot for little me.

Flare at 40ft... or fail.

And its called an auto-rotation.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh nice assumptions

i want choper!

Yes its called a auto-rotation but its basically just gliding something planes can do too ;)

And its easiest with RC helicopters and planes :thumbsup



If you mess it up your fine :1orglaugh

Also why is there no I've already got a massive chopper jokes ? I am disappointed in GFY :D

:1orglaugh

I bought a heli a few weeks ago, a T-Rex 500. Even got an autopilot for it. Ordering my camera and LCD googles next week so i can do shit like this:



The whole flight is done FPV style thru the goggles.

No, I'm not a newbie to R/C helicopters. Been practicing the FPV flying on my simulator as well.

IIRC you must start auto-rotation while you've still got 85+% of revs, or you're going to be a rock. The time between engine dying and you hitting 85% of revs is a few seconds, maximum - so you've got to be able to diagnose the problem calmly and smoothly, and pull the lever to flatten the blades. Or you'll be a rock.

Or so my memory serves ;)

Yup basically you change the angle of the blade to almost negative pitch and they speed up as you drop and then at the last minute you "Flare" by putting in lots of collective (positive blade pitch/angle) and with any luck you wont hit the ground to hard :1orglaugh

Or you can try this upside down auto-rotation seen it in real life its extremely impressive but also expensive if it goes wrong.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jxakw5c9Ywo

i call bullshit :)

I have a T-Rex 600 with a helicommand 3d :) Fun stuff. Also have several others, T-rex clones, Blade 400 with CoPilotII and a few other small ones.

Congrats man on buying a helicopter! :thumbsup

Soon..... BTW who is that in your avatar..amazing.

That is fantastic... I have new respect....

congrat to you

Nice... I got the Helicommand rigid. I figured it may save my ass if I get disoriented or lose the video signal for a second. Also have a Cypher 3d, used to have the Trex 450 and a Raptor 50.

I dont really like the smaller ones, but my e-flite blade II is fun to fly in the house.

I've only ever done it in a real chopper, lol. The flare at the end is interesting. :thumbsup

You should have bought yourself a new helmet instead.

Let me know how that goes..

LOL chris!!

That's awesome.